Use a Text Box to Spruce Up Your Document

As the title suggests, today I’m going to show you how to use a text box to spruce up your document.  Yes, I said a text box.  I’m sure you’re familiar with using a plain ole’ text box, there’s nothing to it, right? In Microsoft Word 2007, there’s no reason to be plain with a nice selection of options to use when you’re needing to insert text with a text box. The looks of your document will make others think you spent lots of time to create a box that looks so nice, but all it takes is just a minute or two. Let’s get started…

1. Open up Microsoft Word 2007
2. Click the Insert Tab, and then look to the “Text” section for the option to add a text box.
   
3. Click on the Text Box Icon and you’ll notice a drop down menu that has 36 different options to choose from! You can always just draw your own text box, which is still an option as well.
   
4. Choose a style that suits the document you’re working on best. Here are some of the text boxes I created. The first example is an “Alphabet Quote.” You can use it “as-is,” or you can play around with shadow and 3–D effects which I recommend doing. The second example is “Austere Quote.”
   
5. Remember to play around with the colors as well. You can select the color you’d like for the text, as well as the “text-box.” With the image below, I played around with font color, text box color, and even the color of the shadow. It’s hard to tell, but there’s a light green shadow around the text box.
    
6. Another tip is to play around with gradients which can also add a lot (pictured above).  You can find the options to use a gradient under “Shape-Fill” in the Text Box Styles section.
7. I played around with several different options, and below is an example of what a document would look like with a text box inserted:
   

Did you ever think you could create a great-looking text box in just one click? Microsoft has added so many options in Microsoft Word 2007 that can really add a lot to your documents, with one of them being the text box options. There’s no need for a dull looking text box anymore!

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